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Western Copper & Gold (WRN) Competitors

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$1.12 -0.01 (-0.44%)
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WRN vs. LAC, EU, LAAC, CRML, TMC, LZM, DC, AMLI, ASM, and BHP

Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include Lithium Americas (LAC), enCore Energy (EU), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Critical Metals (CRML), TMC the metals (TMC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), American Lithium (AMLI), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and BHP Group (BHP). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Western Copper & Gold vs.

Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 9 more articles in the media than Western Copper & Gold. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lithium Americas and 1 mentions for Western Copper & Gold. Western Copper & Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Lithium Americas' score of 0.24 indicating that Western Copper & Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Copper & Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Lithium Americas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Western Copper & Gold's return on equity of -3.53% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Copper & GoldN/A -3.53% -3.45%
Lithium Americas N/A -5.59%-5.29%

Lithium Americas received 164 more outperform votes than Western Copper & Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Western Copper & Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Western Copper & GoldOutperform Votes
2
40.00%
Underperform Votes
3
60.00%
Lithium AmericasOutperform Votes
166
59.71%
Underperform Votes
112
40.29%

Western Copper & Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Copper & GoldN/AN/A-$2.47M-$0.02-56.25
Lithium AmericasN/AN/A-$3.93M-$0.12-31.25

Western Copper & Gold currently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 277.78%. Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 50.00%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than Lithium Americas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Copper & Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Lithium Americas
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Western Copper & Gold beats Lithium Americas on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WRN vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Copper & GoldMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$223.01M$7.46B$2.80B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A4.04%5.25%3.49%
P/E Ratio-56.254.22111.3036.63
Price / SalesN/A68.49588,246.8917.98
Price / CashN/A20.6923.3721.28
Price / Book1.582.473.314.58
Net Income-$2.47M$574.17M$148.91M$985.06M
7 Day Performance-11.42%2.24%0.72%0.51%
1 Month Performance-4.66%-4.67%1.47%1.13%
1 Year PerformanceN/A33.71%27.52%24.80%

Western Copper & Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
2.5047 of 5 stars
$1.13
-0.4%
$4.25
+277.8%
N/A$223.01MN/A-56.2513Positive News
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.5272 of 5 stars
$3.75
+2.7%
$5.63
+50.0%
-49.8%$827.55MN/A-30.46749
EU
enCore Energy
2.5173 of 5 stars
$3.87
+1.0%
$6.50
+68.0%
N/A$719.98MN/A-13.68N/AAnalyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
3.1244 of 5 stars
$3.26
+2.2%
$7.05
+116.3%
-45.8%$527.89MN/A0.4160
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$5.57
-2.8%
N/AN/A$451.11MN/A0.004
TMC
TMC the metals
1.497 of 5 stars
$0.91
+0.4%
$4.00
+341.8%
-14.1%$293.34MN/A-2.9130Analyst Revision
LZM
Lifezone Metals
2.2619 of 5 stars
$6.63
-1.5%
$12.50
+88.5%
-32.2%$237.62M$1.02M0.00150Positive News
DC
Dakota Gold
2.3322 of 5 stars
$2.19
-0.5%
$6.00
+174.0%
-10.9%$206.80MN/A0.0020
AMLI
American Lithium
2.8002 of 5 stars
$0.75
+6.8%
$3.25
+333.3%
-41.0%$163.45MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
3.4244 of 5 stars
$1.14
+4.1%
$1.93
+70.3%
+128.3%$159.42M$43.89M55.5234Analyst Revision
BHP
BHP Group
2.7689 of 5 stars
$51.86
-0.8%
$68.00
+31.1%
-15.2%$131.50B$55.66B0.0090,000Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NYSE:WRN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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